Clothes-line stretcher.



No. 870,944. PATENTED NOV. l2, 1907.

C. R. FISH. CLOTHES LINE STRETGHER.

APPILIOATION FILED FEB. 21. 1907.

eYRUs ROOT FIsn, or DENVER, COLORADO.

CLOTHES-LINE STRETCHIER.

specification of Lettere Patent.

Patented Nev. 12', 1907.

Application filed February 21. 1907. Serial No. 358.589-` To all whom'it may co'nm:

Be it known that I, (hmvs Roo'r Flsn, a citizen of .the United States;residing at Denver, in theV county of Denver and State of Colorado, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Stretchers, ofwhich the following is aspeciication.

' This invention relates to clothes line stretchers, and the objectthereof is to provide means in a manner as hereinafter setY forth tofacilitate the stretching of va clothes line and for retaining the linein its stretched condition. v A i A further object of the invention isto provide a clothesl line stretcher which shall be simple inA itsconstruction, strong, durable, eiicient in its use, convenientlyoperated, readily set up, and comparatively inexpensiveV to manufacture.Y k

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe novel construction, combination, and arrangement of partshereinafter more specifically dcscrilml and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein is` shown the preferred embodiment of theiiivcntiomjmt it is to be understood that changes, varial ions, andmodifications can he resorted to which come within the scope of theclaims hereunto appended. v

lndcscrihing 'the invention in detail reference iS had to theaccompanying drawings, wherein like ref; erence characters denotecorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure i is a perspective view of a clothes line stretcher in accordancewith this invention. Fig. 2 is a like view showing thestretcher'securedftoa support and with the line attached thereto, one ofthe elements of the-stretcher being shown in section.` Fig. 3 isa [rontView Aparti)r in section of the stretcher. Fig. 4 is a side view partlyin section, and Fig. 5 is a detail showing the Winding shaft.

Referring tothe drawings by reference characters, i denotes the baseplate of a supporting bracket and 2, :i a pair of outwardly-extendingsuspension arms formed-integral with the hase plate l. The latter isformed with a plurality of openings 4 through which are adapted toextend the holdfast devices 5 for securing embodying a circular portion7 and a rectangular portion 8, or, in other words, what may be termed akey-hOle-shaped opening. opening in the arm 2 is formed with a circularopening 9. Mounted in the openings of the arms 2, 3 and plO- jectingfrom cach of said arms is a winding shaft 10 having one end formed witha head il adapted to abut against the arm 3 so as to prevent thewithdrawal of said shaft i0. 'lhe latter at its other end is providedwith a flattened portion 12 adapted to be sca-ted in the` rectangularportieri 8 of the opening in the arm 2 so as to prevent movement of theshaft l0. The portion l2 terminates in a scrmv-threaded portion i3 whichprojects from thc. arm 2 and carries a headed thumb-nut 14 shown partlyin section in Fig. 3. The function of 'ihearm 3 opposite the' the nut i4is to allow the convenient shifting of the shaft 10 as well aspreventing,r in connection with `the head .li of the shaft i0, the shafti0 being pulled out of the arms 2 when said nut i4 is connected to thescrewthreaded end of the shaft 10. lhe shaft vi() is furthermoreprovided with a lug l5 to which is secured one end of the line i6.

When it is desired to stretch the line the flattened port-ion i2 of theshaft i() is shifted out of the portion 8 of the opening in the arm 2and the shaft Yl0 can then be rotated so as to wind the line 16 thereon.After the line is stretched the flattened portion i2 is then insaidnrmsnnd provided with u iinilcncd portion `adapted,

lo Inke in.the rccinnguiur portion of ihc opi-ning ihcrehy locking thcshaft. snid simii. further provided with n scrrwtimiuicii portionterminating in said iinlicucd portion, und n thumb-nut nttnchcd to sndscrcw-tiu'cnde pori ion. i

in testimony whereof' I hnve hereunto seimy hand in presence oi' twosubscribing witnesses. l

Witnesses: r

Encan C. Conulsu, Mmuln iii. RYAN.

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